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Video: First Dog Certified to Sniff Out Prescription Drugs Has Died

The Warren County (OH) Sheriff's Department has lost a first-of-its-kind police dog.

K-9 Kash, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, was diagnosed with cancer late last year but continued to work until July. He was the first in the United States certified to sniff out prescription drugs. Kash also could detect other narcotics and track down suspects, reports WCPO.

Kash and his partner, Deputy Brian Lewis, are credited with helping in hundreds of busts. The K-9 died with his partner at his side.

A former police officer—now an elected official with the Missouri House of Representatives—wants to force any city with a population of 5,000 or fewer inhabitants, with an area of less than two square miles, to disband its police department and contract for law enforcement services with either the county police department or a larger neighboring city.